The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-18

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q Ne matter have been animated 81 4 ~,
80 70 carfy OH y0nr policy, and / ,,sg-sf
thst ~ doing this I have bf5ngbt sboni !
S95ol9n q tninss embarrassing 70 you and
And vas not this poliey empbstissrv Az.
pressed after the ests EHa6nf 81 fla stsE
$500 lllllent n l6GT-+Waen breaking a oro-
KID ~! YES no Longer necessary, Whgn Gov
B Bs.l9lis ,appqlntea negroes On the State
board OF Educhi0o, and this board Rp
pointed negroes on TIE pnrish and citv
school boards throughout ths etate. mi
When % vetoed the Baton Rouge and rii5,.
ven W ihallroad charter, because II diserimin-
5 5i sgeinsf color IN its passenger aeoommo-
Nfite Companies and blaek eompanIeS. or.
ganlIea Tor the purpose of haYnouizin1
e9n li elements, viii mob Be a policy ae-
N s5 ~ t,S " b PuT geopl9 ,Eho DO not kfpdly
me UNITY u political Landscape
AZ heretofore stated, the reform party hss
oIgeIl4ea 9 eampqign to prove that this
plaAeht slete adIuinigtn9tlon is intensely
pg.Isppai; pat is, that in appointments Coy
hieholls' friends haYe been entirely iqpored.
and, therefore, the present State govern IN.
ppleiB must be repudihted, and he and his
trends inducted into Office.
THE RECORD
q officers appointed by me does NOT Fua-
tain the declarations OF Gen. NicbOlle and
his Trends; That he is mistaken ID his
-
9galn. 1 have not recognized Republicans
tpf othci9l position. nor have heard any
complaint that any one appointed to Office Il
not g good Democrat ard qualified FOR TIC
You can rest assured, we're this not "A. Won
would have heard Of 4. A premium would
be offered for every Republican or ineonl-
petent Democrat holding position 81 my
duties, every incident Tie eBsTaeteI I sS tBs
qnalin.e2atioq Of every eppointee, has under
gone the closest scrutiny. and we are con-
lrohttd-Llil'd0tle dfctui with the moment
Gus issue Of personal appointments
Gen. Nichols ig imperial 10 his declara-
M0ns' ~ ms address 80 often repeated to
tle people Of the State, be says in defending
his appointments:
II Nas a power placed there without legal
resurrection or trammel: was al liberty
legally to nppoint whomsoeVer / might
choose; and no man had vested right OF
legal night 70 complain Of the direction my
judgment should take IN that matter. The
only duty incumbent upon me, as Executive,
vas 2 make those appointments for the pub
HIS appointments, when Governor, are not
20 be questioned. There Is no vested right
N any one 70 make hp Investigation in this
matter. Their QUALIFICATIONS, or their polit-
ioal opinions qid Affiliations, are coyered
with the projecting eRis OF an imperial pur-
pie and power; to go behind IL ID Pacrilege,
2, violation Of law. But tile Democratic man.
tie which fails upon the shoulders OF the Rp-
p0intee Of this administration ii not 80 sa-
cred. There is no vested right which pre-
vents any one from tearing ii from their pie
belan shoulders Gov. Nichols does n. and
hnds-Whut7 A Democrat, without stain or
reproRch: the oply nncleanneBa a bout him n
ocratic administration.
by the megio touch Of Gov. Nichols pen
has appointee was sacred in name, person
and prerogatiyE-,he WAS transformed into
mon run Of mortals, while my appointee is
stll but plain, common Democrat. IL any
thing, III the opinion Of tie refOrmers, not
80 good AR the common run Of nIent
4 am happy, indeed, that Coy. Nichols does
not eOntine his opinion as to the rights Of the
people 10 look INTO the character and qusliti-
cations Of executive appointments TO other
administrations, and that while bis Owl may
This administratiOn ia brought into the full
light Of dPyl where all who are interested
have 0 vested right to critically examine the
character and qualifications Of the officers
appointed to administer the State govern
ment
Gen. Nichols, when nominated for Gov
ernor in 1875, uttered, and has again recent
~ repeated the same declaration, that he
would permit no man or set If men To Con-
troll his Judgment as TO whBt 10 right and
Now, II q man had the strength and the
power, the experience aud the wisdom, to b
exclusive Of the aid and assistance Of others
the world could Be easily and economically
governed. Legislatures, courts And Judges
could be Dispersed with. Bat Gen. Nichols,
when Governor, found how vain were his
declarations. ! have shown, ia the address
at Monroe,
HOW IDLE WERE THESE WORDS,
and how when confronted With opposing
opinions In relation to his duties In the matter
81 the Pacific Railroad bonde, how be then
SOUGHT the advice ct the judges Of the
supreme Court a. ~ his EXECUTIVE action IN
that case. and with what facility these judges
abandaned their iudieigl functions 70 give 3
cabinet opinion 10 the Executive OF the State.
Gen Nichplls was between Hoylla and Char
ybdis. he sought the safest harbQr for hiqf-
self, but at the expense Of the digplty Of the
Ehloh pfescribed Tic separate and distinct
functions Of each department Of the gOyern-
mont, each to share exclusively itg own re-
sponsI9tlity the Governor for his executive
aetR, the COURTS fqr their deereea, and the
11t,n Gays Chancellor Kent, speaking Of
the Judiciary 'Is to aeter81iile the supreme
law whenever o case V indieialliiy before ~, I
There wAh 40 csge before the court u
should have been silent until the conBiclera-
ton on case opened ita lips.
This breadth u thcughs aud the precedence
q TUG statesman have iM2s g the iudlelhTyi
their inluediate field. The judiciary cAl1nol
Be an aTbiter betweqn the people and ne
Governor. The reference Of this power 70
Che courts could only ind q parallel Ia Tnb.
39lniasl OPINIONS ~ {he DECAY III lne naglQu
life ot Jnqep, aud tie 1iltiuelloq III tle llS1s
eonsults in me decaaenes "a hO1le, ana "
the tribunal veto IN hoinei qhs &tttDt2tnb yRi
fllpst8oFat4t 81 the REPUBLIC.
Ihe judiciary demands tet lle sLEelneto4 ~.
functions, The judiciary il the conserysstli,ye
power IN The STATE. IN ~ tne prollefIy q lle
people, Their rights ana nbfflles, nay, ulsl !
hNef, nnd Their hpreht pH9seo99ppi hha y Y
q posimYe wrong q FlQlatlon 90 " lAM Ely
precedentt tor eSecllIlNe INnolohb W pt
placed within LIS heereu pfeclnc@.
10 destroy the liberties a the people, A
would only be necessary TO strike down taell
courts; or, AZ hr. Jefferson Eerneq WI VA IA
perInlttlng me eouTys Y pNeihWp Ill INV
leSl Innate bound ana " eIcIoafi upon 1tle
fune tlolfspl 5he lt%sculaYe ana Wy Aeelsaa'
tuFe. But Coy; hieholh Gees n0g ACRES "
thus opinion WIN we sage 81 ~ NVIstlcNil9 wv
the flther OF our plalni Qid-sllne Oen ocfAey'
And
THE CASE OF TRoAiAs g. AApHhSoF,
Of Returning Board fame, isanother llustra
ton Of INC fallRey of Coy. NiehOlls' famQui
denlarations He had the right az haY'
bsfore said. to pardon Anderson and Y
gbare the whole responsibility OF tie act
llha IAN demanded lis conviction and NJ
OUTRAGED people demanded his puniAhment
ae,,e ,i,as l.,il I'm and Chnrybdis pAa
gaae bUt tlte Governor altered safely
Through ii bY going to Democratic CAUCUS
| and asking its lid and aasistRnce-7a pleeg'